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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






2. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)






3. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.






4. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system






5. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






6. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






7. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle






8. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.






9. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






10. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






11. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






12. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






13. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






14. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






15. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






16. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity (at the summary level)






17. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






18. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






19. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






20. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com






21. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






22. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






23. Processes that organize and manage the project team






24. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






25. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






26. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






27. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






28. Graphic display of schedule related information.






29. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






30. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






31. Measure of schedule efficiency on a project. ratio of earned value (EV) and the planned value (PV). SV = EV minus PV.






32. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






33. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






34. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






35. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






36. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






37. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






38. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






39. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






40. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.






41. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






42. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






43. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






44. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






45. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects






46. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






47. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






48. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






49. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






50. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase